Police arrest 13 IPOB members in Enugu

At least 13 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were on Monday arrested by police for alleged unlawful protest in Enugu.

The spokesman of the state police command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspects were arrested on Obiagu Road in the Coal City, while commemorating `Biafran fallen heroes and heroines of the 1967 -1970 civil war.

He said they were apprehended with flags of Biafra.

Amaraizu said the command had embarked on a surveillance of the state following reports of planned protests.